Question

Explain the stanzas
The Comet
Rampaging through the heavens
never stopping day or night,
a spectacle of a lifetime
a comet in full flight.

Faster than a cheetah
with a tail that's miles long,
bigger than a mountain
so powerful and strong.

The outer ice is melting
causing vapour from the force,
and leaves a trail behind it
as it travels on it's course.

If one should come too close to earth
the atmophere will shake,
with shockwaves reaching to the ground
causing the land to quake.

Scientists say the chemicals
in the dust they leave behind,
could have started life on earth
which resulted in mankind.

I cannot say if this is true
I do not have the right,
but I know no better spectacle
than a comet in full flight.

Answer 1

These lines describe the phenomenon of a comet passing by earth from a safe distant. The poet is awestruck at the magnitude and mystery of the phenomenon. He says seeing a comet passing from the earth is a very rare sight. He is astonished at the speed at which it passes by the earth. The trail of vapour that it leaves behind on account of the melting of the ice on its surface is its unique characteristic. The poet feels that a comet is so powerful and mighty that if it happens to be passing by quite near to the earth, it causes shockwaves that can be felt by the inhabitants of the earth.